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2017 CINEMALAYA SHORT FEATURE FINALISTS NAMED

THE Cinemalaya Foundation has announced the finalists for the Short Feature Film category for the 2017 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival and Competition. For the first time in Cinemalaya history, 12 instead of the usual 10 were selected.

The Cinemalaya Selection Committee stated that the entries to the 2017 Short Feature Film category were of high quality. “The Selection Committee strongly feels that the list of entries in this year’s competition merits to include two additional entries added to the traditional list of ten films.”

Subject matter and themes of the finalists are wide-ranging, including children and family, transformation, history and memory, justice and redemption.

The 12 films will be screened during the 2017 Cinemalaya Film Festival on August 4-13 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Ayala Cinemas.

The Best Short Feature Film will receive a prize of Php150,000.00 and the Balanghai trophy during the Cinemalaya Awards Night on August 13, 2017 at the CCP Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo (CCP Main Theater).

Cinemalaya is an all-digital film competition that aims to discover, encourage, and support the cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers that boldly articulate and freely interpret the Filipino experience with fresh insight and artistic integrity. It is a project of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP).